Litsy

2nd epoch, part 5 aka all the narratives #eventhetombstone #letsstartwiththenewcook #stjohnswood #porkchophaslaura 😳 #lockedawayinaroom #sick #arethoseflowerspoison #lauradies #omg #myheart #thedocarrangesthefuneral #alongwithjane #waltersurvivesthreetragedies #makesithome #mamatellshimlauradied #offtothecemetaryhegoes #tobemetbylaura 😳😳😳🪦🪦🪦👻👻👻#stop #omg #cliffhanger #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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BarkingMadRead @kao @barbarajean @thearomaofbooks @julieclair @samanne @kathywheeler @leftcoastzen @kspenmoll @graciouswarriorprincess @morr_books 1d

Bookwormjillk Wait! What????? Was it Laura or was it the lady in white? This book is such a soap opera! 1d

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mcctrish What. The. Hell. 1d

Leftcoastzen Maybe one of those poisons that makes you seem dead but you are not ? I went through all the stages of grief. He would get the money but it probably be worth it to be rid of him . 1d

BarkingMadRead @Leftcoastzen I wondered the same thing, I can‘t wait to see what happens next! 1d

dabbe I recall #porkchop hinting to #percypig that he had a plan re: the likeness between Anne and Laura. This must be it. Anne's the one with the heart problem, so Anne's the one who died at #porkchop's place. Laura has to be the one alive and the one that Walter met in the cemetery with Marian. Now we need to fill in how she got there. @Bookwormjillk: #soapoperaindeed

I feel like I'm playing CLUE: Laura is in the library with the wrench .... 🤣 1d

dabbe Just read this from good ol' Wikipedia; it definitely confirms the soap-operaness of this novel! 🤩
“Collins's works were classified at the time as sensation novels, a genre that became the precursor to detective and suspense fiction. He also wrote penetratingly on the plight of women and on the social and domestic issues of his time.“ 1d

BarkingMadRead @dabbe for real! Total telenovella, this is CLUE, the movie 🤣 1d

Bookwormjillk @dabbe ohhhh good theory. And the flowers did something right? Pork Chop did it in the bedroom with the bouquet. 1d

dabbe @Bookwormjillk #perfection 🤩🤩🤩 1d

dabbe @BarkingMadRead Circa 1860s. 🤩🤣🤩 1d

Clare-Dragonfly Twin switch! I knew it!!!! @dabbe That‘s exactly how I think it went! (edited) 1d

Clare-Dragonfly @Bookwormjillk Yesssss 😂 1d

Clare-Dragonfly I love the inclusion of “the narrative of the tombstone.” So dramatic! So fitting for the way the novel is told! So unexpected! 1d

Bookwormjillk @Clare-Dragonfly yes the tombstone part was A+ 1d

ElizaMarie #JawDropped 🫢 1d

KAO I did not see that coming!! (But in retrospect probably should have!) 21h

julieclair I've never thought of flowers as a murder weapon, lol. (Except maybe when consumed as poison.) 💐☠️ 3h

BarkingMadRead @julieclair when I think of flowers I think of Carol on the walking dead #lookattheflowers 2h

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GingerAntics

For Real | Alexis Hall

push the boat out, Hall. 🧡🧡🧡🤣😂🤣🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻
#AlexisHall #ForReal #BonusMaterial #perfection #PushTheBoatOutHall #inlove

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Deblovestoread

Wicked Words | J G Goodhind

#WeirdWordWednesday

Smart kid! Should be in the dictionary.

@CBee

bthegood Perfect!! 1mo

CBee Pretty much 😳 1mo

lil1inblue Can we make this a thing? Can we call them all villianaires? Because this is perfect. 1mo

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dabbe #perfection #villainaire 🩶🩷🩶 1mo

Jari-chan 🙌🙌 1mo

BookmarkTavern Sounds right to me! 👍🏻👍🏻 1mo

DogMomIrene Spot on 🎯 1mo

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peaKnit

The Triathlete Guide to Sprint & Olympic Triathlon Racing | Chris Foster, Ryan Bolton

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Ruthiella 👍👍👍 1mo

dabbe #perfection 🤩😂🤗 1mo

Texreader ♥️♥️♥️ 1mo

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Cuilin

Hard Times | Charles Dickens

#WhatTheDickens @Cuilin @Texreader

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AllDebooks I liked the characters and found them relatable. Gradgrind's change of heart and mind over how he raised his children was telling, particularly with how emotionally stunted they grew up to be after a diet of FACTS. 1mo

AllDebooks Bounderby was a blustering, pantomime figure and I couldn't rrad about him without thinking about Monty Python's sketch of Yorkshiremen competing over who had this poorest childhood. https://youtu.be/VAdlkunflRs?si=45rddY_grpd-J2Wd 1mo

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dabbe @AllDebooks 😂😂😂 Thanks for sharing that link! #perfection Plus, what a flippin' hypocrite who was finally exposed by his own mother! He was an absolute arse who deserved everything he got at the end. 1mo

dabbe I think the characters were allegories. Examples:
Thomas GradGRIND: the embodiment of the cold, fact-based approach to education and life.
Mr. Bounderby: a symbol of the way industrialists of Dickens‘s time inflated their stories of achievement while ignoring the inequalities of the poor whose hard work allowed them to succeed.
Stephen Blackpool & Rachael: their personal struggles seem largely symbolic of the horrific plight of the working poor. 1mo

Lcsmcat @AllDebooks ❤️ the Monty Python reference! 1mo

Lcsmcat I felt the characters in HT were a little less realistic than some of Dickens‘ characters, but for the purposes of this story, they worked. And some of them showed growth and change, so not complete allegories or caricatures. 1mo

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